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Depending on your specialisation, you could be eligible for a range of clinical or non-clinical healthcare roles.

These may include:

Cardiac nurse

• Deliver specialised advanced nursing care to patients before, during and after cardiac procedures, to patients suffering from acute and chronic cardiac conditions, manage complex cardiac supports and assist the interventional team during cardiac procedures.

Intensive care nurse

• Graduates of this course will be recognised as having advanced knowledge relevant to intensive care nursing, so there are increased opportunities to advance your career and increase your scope of practice. Many intensive care nurses also work in education, administration, acute pain service, liaison roles, research and as nurse consultants.

Critical care nurse

• Provide complex and multi-disciplinary care to a broad range of patients from a variety of critical care areas, including intensive care, cardiac care and emergency departments.

Neonatal nurse

• Provide supportive health care to newborn infants up to four-weeks-old, including those born with prematurity, birth defects, infection, cardiac malformations, and following surgical procedures.

Nursing educator

• Support continual professional development and ongoing education of clinical staff, undergraduate and postgraduate students. Plan and conduct teaching sessions and assessments relating to nationally accredited nursing qualifications.

Nursing researcher

• Assist in the conducting of research projects and clinical trials for new patient treatments.